cheapening
present participle ofcheapen
| 单词 | cheapening |
| 释义 | cheapening present participle ofcheapen cheapen verb[T] uk/ˈtʃiː.pən/us/ˈtʃiː.pən/cheapenverb[T](COST LESS)toreducetheprice: This has had theeffectof cheapening UKexports. Price decreases
cheapenverb[T](RESPECT LESS)disapproving to make someone or somethingseemlessvaluableorimportantso thatpeoplerespectthem less: Shefeltthat thephotoswereexploitativeand cheapened her. Damaging and spoiling
Examplesofcheapeningcheapening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But the effects of scientific advancement will not be branded by thecheapeningof silks, calicos and hardwares. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no way to treat our genes as our property without therebycheapeningand degrading the molecules that play an essential role in making us human. From theCambridge English Corpus It does not matter for the purposes of increasing employment andcheapeningproduction whether you relieve the one or the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It might result in thecheapeningof the food of 44,000,000 people in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a good deal of simplification, yet, somehow, it has not resulted in acheapeningof the law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those standards will be achieved by greater productivity and a consequentcheapeningof costs and prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The income of the department is to be used either forcheapeningthe registration or for improving the service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, with regard tocheapeningof supplies of electricity, the price of electricity depends primarily upon the cost of coal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A great advance was made last year in the use andcheapeningof insulin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot cheapen divorce in terms of time and money without at the same timecheapeningmarriage in its spiritual significance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The policy involves very little chance of a still furthercheapeningof money, and probably means that foreign exchanges will move against us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Another good result has ensued from thecheapeningof houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That itself will be a tremendous drag against thecheapeningof the generation of electric power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Take thecheapeningof electricity— one of the most important matters from the point of view of the ordinary consumer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that the result ofcheapeningthe price had lead to an enormous consumption of sugar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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